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Publication Date: 2015-Oct
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Variations on the "Blue-Bottle" Demonstration Using Food Items That Contain FD&C Blue #1
Staiger, Felicia A.; Peterson, Joshua P.; Campbell, Dean J.
Journal of Chemical Education, v92 n10 p1684-1686 Oct 2015
Erioglaucine dye (FD&C Blue #1) can be used instead of methylene blue in the classic "blue-bottle" demonstration. Food items containing FD&C Blue #1 and reducing species such as sugars can therefore be used at the heart of this demonstration, which simply requires the addition of strong base such as sodium hydroxide lye.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Color, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Scientific Concepts, Demonstrations (Educational), Food, Chemistry
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